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DRIVEN: The All-New BMW Z4 sDrive35iS Gets A Work Out AND A Verdict

Agent00R submitted on 3/9/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:27:20 PM

Autocar reports:"What is it?When BMW launched its second-gen Z4 last year the more relaxed nature and folding hard-top roof were enough for us to question whether Munich’s popular two-seater had gone soft.This new sDrive35iS variant shows ...

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BMW Group's February 2010 Global Car Sales Rise 14% - BMW Brand Up 14%

GermanNut submitted on 3/9/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:03:48 PM

BMW Group increases sales by 14.0 percent in February 09.03.2010 Press Release Wide range of new models presented at the Geneva Motor Show Munich. The BMW Group once again improved sales volumes substantially in February of this year. A total ...

2 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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BMWBLOG interviews Marc Girard – Head of Interior Design at BMW

BMWBlog submitted on 3/8/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:33:42 PM

At the Geneva Motor Show, BMWBLOG had the opportunity to sit down with BMW’s Head of Interior Design, Marc Girard. Girard has worked as a designer for the BMW Group for 16 years now and in April 2009, he took the team leader position at Interior D...

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SPIED: BMW's F10 M5 Reveals A Little More Skin

Agent00R submitted on 3/8/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:07:21 PM

Bimmerpost reports:"The F10 M5 seen currently in winter testing has shed some of its front end camouflage to reveal more of the M5 than recently seen. If you look closely, you can make out the lower front fascia design behind the remaining black...

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VIDEO: BMW's Brake Override System In Action, Puts Journalists' Stomach In His Throat

Agent00R submitted on 3/8/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:45:51 PM

The New York Times reports:"On Thursday, I looked at the history and examined some technical elements behind an electronic brake override system, which has been in the news quite a bit lately since Toyota’s nightmare with sudden unintended...

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If you were given the choice of taking the keys of a Mercedes S600 or a BMW 760li Sport... Which one would you take home?

shabaru submitted on 3/4/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:33:57 AM

Even as a Mercedes Benz fan since my early childhood, it has really always been tough to decide between these two newer models because I believe that each one has their unique design ques and performance as well as luxury. But the real question here ...

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Has Toyota Finally Succeeded In Turning Itself In To Another General Motors?

Agent009 submitted on 3/3/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:21:42 PM

As the February 2010 sales figures have rolled out, a number of sources noted that Toyota is responding to its plummet in the figures with incentives and 0% financing.  While this seems like a sure-fire way to boost their sales in the short term...

47 user comments | Category: Misc News

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With So Many Issues Out There, Are You Still In The Market To Buy A New Car?

uaw_lax submitted on 3/3/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:18:13 AM

Japan's Nissan Motor said Wednesday it would recall nearly 540,000 vehicles worldwide, most of them in the United States, due to brake pedal defects and faulty fuel gauges.Nissan -- Japan's third-largest carmaker, and partnered with France's Renault ...

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Toyota hopes 0% financing will lure customers

topneuro submitted on 3/3/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:22:17 AM

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Toyota's U.S. arm is again looking to 0% financing to pull it out of a sales slump. The last time Toyota rolled out a nationwide incentive plan like this was in late 2008, as the entire U.S. auto industry was getting cr...

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2010 Geneva Motor Show:BMW 5 Series ActiveHybrid Concept In the Flesh

Agent009 submitted on 3/2/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:42:29 AM

Parallel to the world debut of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, BMW is also presenting the concept of a future-oriented full-hybrid model in the upper midrange segment: The BMW Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid for the first time...

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BMW 335d sedan wins AJAC'S 2010 Best New design Award. Beats Audi A5 and Ford Taurus/SHO

America submitted on 2/22/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:00:03 PM

The BMW 335d Sedan won the "Best New Design" award for 2010 as presented by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC). The award was handed out as part of the 2010 Canadian Car of the Year (CCOTY) awards that opened the Canadi...

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Fast Company Ranks BMW Group DesignworksUSA World’s “#1 Most Innovative Company in Design” and among the “Most Innovative Companies for 2010”

America submitted on 2/22/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:54:31 PM

Fast Company magazine has ranked BMW Group DesignworksUSA as the world’s “#1 Most Innovative Company in Design,” and among the “Most Innovative Companies for 2010.” This recognition appears in the March 2010 issue of Fast Company magazine, which sele...

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BMW leads in U.S. true-luxury for 2009

trungdq submitted on 2/20/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:26:26 AM

Automotive News Europe sister publication Automotive News estimates that 600,000 true-luxury cars were sold last year in the United States, about the same number as in 2008. The true-luxury total had dipped 30 percent in 2008. The 2009 leader and...

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Most Accurate New M5 Pic Yet? To Get Carbon Roof Like It's Little Brother?

Agent00R submitted on 2/19/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:20:02 PM

Bimmerpost user, Scott26/27 reports:"...Anyway I finally found the scans I was sent of the UK magazine "Car" of their interpretation of the M5. This is the front end and it gives a very good indication of the direction of the M cars in...

6 user comments | Category: Spy News

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MORE BMW M1 RUMORS, M-Car To Feature Personlization Program, A Lot Of Carbon Fiber

Agent00R submitted on 2/16/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:10:56 AM

Although rumors are usually frowned upon, the infamous Scott26 from 1Addicts is usually dead-on. So, we bet he's right on this.Take a look at what he's saying will be possible: "EXTERIOR:Carbon fiber hood (bonnet)Carbon fiber trunk (bootlid) wit...

10 user comments | Category: Rumors

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